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ThingsComeAround
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 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject: They could have taken their kids |
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And spared themselves the humiliation
http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/pastor-wife-charged-after-1324043.html?cxtype=rss_news_81963
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Members of an Alpharetta congregation say an associate pastor and his wife may not have understood the consequences of leaving their young children at home alone while they attended a worship service at church, Channel 2 Action News reports.
Jongkyu Kim, 37, the associate pastor of Sae Han Presbyterian Church on Kimball Bridge Road, and his wife, Myunghwa Jeong, 35, were arrested after police found their 2-year-old son wandering outside by himself, according to a police report.
They initially were charged with felony cruelty to children and misdemeanor reckless conduct, but the felony charges later were dropped, Channel 2 reported. Church members told Channel 2 that the couple were good parents who may not have understood the implications of leaving youngsters at home alone because of a cultural barrier. |
Cultural, my @$$. There is a better word, and that is neglect. |
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PatrickGHBusan
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Wow thats dumb and they deserve what happened to them!
Reminded me of the moron who took his kid with him to the Casino and left him in the car in the winter while he went and gambled. He covered the baby with a blanket and promptly forgot about him as he went on a gambling binge.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/30/8940006-sun.html |
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cj1976
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| I wasn't that young (maybe 6 or 7), but I remember my grandfather would regularly take me with him to the local bookmakers and leave me outside the door with a couple of comics and some snacks, while he would go and bet on the horses. That kind of thing would be seen as abuse these days. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| cj1976 wrote: |
| I wasn't that young (maybe 6 or 7), but I remember my grandfather would regularly take me with him to the local bookmakers and leave me outside the door with a couple of comics and some snacks, while he would go and bet on the horses. That kind of thing would be seen as abuse these days. |
True... We're becoming pansies... |
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blm
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
Wow thats dumb and they deserve what happened to them!
Reminded me of the moron who took his kid with him to the Casino and left him in the car in the winter while he went and gambled. He covered the baby with a blanket and promptly forgot about him as he went on a gambling binge.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/30/8940006-sun.html |
That happened quite a lot in Australia and now the casinos have measures in place to monitor for kids left in the car.
A couple of the kids died.
99% of the time the parents were Asian. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| blm wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
Wow thats dumb and they deserve what happened to them!
Reminded me of the moron who took his kid with him to the Casino and left him in the car in the winter while he went and gambled. He covered the baby with a blanket and promptly forgot about him as he went on a gambling binge.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/30/8940006-sun.html |
That happened quite a lot in Australia and now the casinos have measures in place to monitor for kids left in the car.
A couple of the kids died.
99% of the time the parents were Asian. |
Ok...99% eh? right you sure about that number?  |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| blm wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
Wow thats dumb and they deserve what happened to them!
Reminded me of the moron who took his kid with him to the Casino and left him in the car in the winter while he went and gambled. He covered the baby with a blanket and promptly forgot about him as he went on a gambling binge.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/30/8940006-sun.html |
That happened quite a lot in Australia and now the casinos have measures in place to monitor for kids left in the car.
A couple of the kids died.
99% of the time the parents were Asian. |
Ok...99% eh? right you sure about that number? |
Perhaps cj1976's gambling Grandad could help us out... |
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alwaysgood
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| cj1976 wrote: |
| I wasn't that young (maybe 6 or 7), but I remember my grandfather would regularly take me with him to the local bookmakers and leave me outside the door with a couple of comics and some snacks, while he would go and bet on the horses. That kind of thing would be seen as abuse these days. |
There is a huge difference between 6 years old and 2. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| The Floating World wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| blm wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
Wow thats dumb and they deserve what happened to them!
Reminded me of the moron who took his kid with him to the Casino and left him in the car in the winter while he went and gambled. He covered the baby with a blanket and promptly forgot about him as he went on a gambling binge.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/30/8940006-sun.html |
That happened quite a lot in Australia and now the casinos have measures in place to monitor for kids left in the car.
A couple of the kids died.
99% of the time the parents were Asian. |
Ok...99% eh? right you sure about that number? |
Perhaps cj1976's gambling Grandad could help us out... |
He would have just handed out a pack of crisps to all the kids and cigarettes for those older than 11. Things were different back then... |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| cj1976 wrote: |
| I wasn't that young (maybe 6 or 7), but I remember my grandfather would regularly take me with him to the local bookmakers and leave me outside the door with a couple of comics and some snacks, while he would go and bet on the horses. That kind of thing would be seen as abuse these days. |
There is a huge difference between 6 years old and 2. |
Hence the opening clause. To be honest, I was just having a little trip down memory lane lol. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| cj1976 wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| blm wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
Wow thats dumb and they deserve what happened to them!
Reminded me of the moron who took his kid with him to the Casino and left him in the car in the winter while he went and gambled. He covered the baby with a blanket and promptly forgot about him as he went on a gambling binge.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/30/8940006-sun.html |
That happened quite a lot in Australia and now the casinos have measures in place to monitor for kids left in the car.
A couple of the kids died.
99% of the time the parents were Asian. |
Ok...99% eh? right you sure about that number? |
Perhaps cj1976's gambling Grandad could help us out... |
He would have just handed out a pack of crisps to all the kids and cigarettes for those older than 11. Things were different back then... |
Hehe heh, I know. My old man used to come home from the bookies / poker / cribage either flush - in which case he would fish out massive handfulls of change out of his pocket and do a scrambles, or if he'd lost be in a bad mood smoking and drinking on the sofa...
I was allowed to watch the poker games as long as I didn't tell them what each others cards were. First time I ever lost money gambling, I was 7 yrs old. Dad had a mini casino and I said I wanted to play too. So he let me bet my 50p pocket money on red or black and I lost it.
I thought it was a joke and I'd get it back but he never gave it back despite my bursting out crying and screaming that I didn't really mean it.
"That'll teach you to gamble son. Not nice is it?"
It did actually teach me to gamble. |
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Joe Boxer
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Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:55 am Post subject: |
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"That'll teach you to gamble son. Not nice is it?"
It did actually teach me to gamble. |
Lol  |
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blm
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| blm wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
Wow thats dumb and they deserve what happened to them!
Reminded me of the moron who took his kid with him to the Casino and left him in the car in the winter while he went and gambled. He covered the baby with a blanket and promptly forgot about him as he went on a gambling binge.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/30/8940006-sun.html |
That happened quite a lot in Australia and now the casinos have measures in place to monitor for kids left in the car.
A couple of the kids died.
99% of the time the parents were Asian. |
Ok...99% eh? right you sure about that number? |
1% off actually. Amongst the kids that died (3 cases) they were all Asian. |
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Swampfox10mm
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| I asked my university students how many of them were left home alone as early as 2 or 3 western age, and I was shocked at how many had been. |
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cj1976
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| It's easy to judge people for leaving their kids home alone, but the circumstances need to be taken into consideration. A single mother without access to free childcare, leaving her young kids alone so she can put food on the table is not the same as a couple of gambling addicts shirking their responsibilities. |
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